Changing My Attitude

by iowenomore

Yesterday I think I was exhausted, hence the whole ebay thing. Today I feel much better and have taken a break from these last few days. I still went through a bunch of things but I haven’t listed them yet. My camera battery is charging.

I was thinking about Joe and the sacrifices he made to get where he is now. School loan free! I saw his video where his friend asked if it was anti~climatic. I bet every month from now on he will be happier and happier that he no longer has to write that check.

Just for fun I was looking at flasks. I was thinking…if Joe were to go after his house like he did the school loan, I’d love to get him a monogrammed flask. I found this one…

And then I thought…how funny would this be…

With the flask in his pocket and the beer belt, he’d be a conversation starter for sure!

Anyways…I decided to try to save some money on my electricity as well as everything else. I have these fences that nobody can see so I started hanging up clothes after I washed them, to dry. I didn’t have any clothes pins, but I do have a ton of those binder clips so I am using those instead. Works like a charm! I can do this for the summer months at least. I’ll see if my power bill goes down any. I also pulled out the BBQ to cook with instead of using the stove. The stove and clothes dryer are both electric, we’ll see what happens.

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6 Comments to “Changing My Attitude”

You’re lucky! Even though I have a fence, you can still see through the slats and our homeowners association would have a fit if I hung up a clothes line. I would love to cut back on using my dryer by fresh drying my laundry…

Hi Rose!
My closest neighbor is about a mile away. I don’t belong to a Homeowners. I couldn’t handle all their rules. Plus, I really hate having neighbors close to me. A mile away is almost far enough. *L* I just googled portable clotheslines. Check it out and look at the “images.” You might find something that could work for you!

When the boys left for college I started unplugging all kinds of things. I had seen a tv clip on a woman who did just that… to the extreme. She was able to drop her electric bill significantly. I was happily surprised with my bill. Anything plugged in still draws juice. It’s ready to go as soon as its turned on. Unplug things you don’t use often that might help.

Thanks Cathy! I just went through the house and started unplugging all kinds of things! Then I started thinking…”don’t need this anymore”…hmmm…can do without this too”…in just one room I unplugged 7 items that will now be added to the ebay sales. Thanks again!

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